10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
China is demanding the release of Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada at the request of US authorities. China says that Meng had been arrested without explanation and that could be a "violation of her human rights."
Lyft on Thursday said it had filed a confidential draft registration statement with regulators to go public, with the expectation that it will float in 2019. It's a big step in what's largely considered to be a race to go public between Lyft and its much larger rival Uber...Read more ...

10 things you need to know in markets today

Good morning! Here's what you need to know in markets on Friday.
1. President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Canada, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, in an apparent attempt to stop the incident from impeding crucial trade talks with Beijing.
2. It's nonfarm payrolls day. US companies likely maintained a solid pace of hiring in November while increasing wages for workers, suggesting the economy remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates in 2019. A survey economists estimates that...Read more ...